
JPG unless you simply don't have the hard drivespace) rather than movie files (.AVI. Unless you're rendering a small-format, quick-and-dirty test animation,get into the habit of always rendering image sequences (.TGA. Learn More Buy DON'T RENDER MOVIESRENDER FRAMES!
RENDERING AESTHETICS: STILL LIFE AND MACROPHOTOGRAPHY. RENDERING AESTHETICS: DISTANT LANDSCAPES. RENDERING AESTHETICS: UNDERWATER SCENES. RENDERING AESTHETICS: OUTER SPACE SCENES. MENTAL RAY PREFERENCES: PLEASE LEAVE ME A MESSAGE. HIDDEN LINE RENDERING: RENDER TO VECTORS IN MENTAL RAY. IN MENTAL RAY, CONTRAST CAN SAVE YOUR DAY!. USE MENTAL RAY' S IMAGE SAMPLING WISELY. THE PRINT SIZE WIZARD (ENOUGH WITH THE PRINTING STUFF ALREADY!). 'THOSE PRINT PEOPLE' MAKE IT EASIER ON THEM WITH 3DS MAX 6. RENDERING IMAGES FOR PRINT: OH YEAH, ANOTHER THING. RENDERING IMAGES FOR PRINT: TEACH THOSE PRINT FOLKS A LESSON (OR TWO.). RENDERING WITH SCANLINE: MIX IMAGE AND MULTI-PASS MOTION BLUR. RENDERING WITH SCANLINE MOTION BLUR: MULTI-PASS AND IMAGE.
COULD YOU MAKE THINGS MORE COMPLICATED, PLEASE? (WHAT ABOUT USING A COMPOSITING PROGRAM?). A CHICKEN AND EGG PROBLEM: HOW DO YOU SET UP AN ANIMATED BACKGROUND FOR A SCENE IF YOU HAVEN' T RENDERED THE BACKGROUND YET?. OKAY, SO YOU REALLY WANT TO RERENDER YOUR ANIMATION. RERENDERING FROM THE ENVIRONMENT BACKGROUND.
RENDERING GREAT BIG, GIANT, HONKING, ENORMOUS IMAGES SUCCESSFULLYĭON' T RENDER MOVIES RENDER FRAMES!.
RENDERING VIDEO: MAKE SURE VIDEO COLOR CHECK IS ON. RENDERING VIDEO: RENDER FRAMES, NOT FIELDS. RENDERING: FILTERS FOR STILL IMAGES VERSUS VIDEO. RAY TRACING: SPEEDING UP THINGS (GLOBALS). RAY TRACING: SPEEDING UP THINGS (OBJECTS).